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A. R. SPROUT. Machine for Dipping'. Matches.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. RENSSELAEH SPROUT, 0F PICTURE ROCKS, IlCNNSYLVANld..v I

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR DIPPING MATCHES.

Speeilication l'orinild;I part of Leiters l'ateut No. 208,996, dated October 15, 11373: applenlion (ilod september 1c it known thatI, A. ltENssELAER Srnocr, ot' licture Rocks, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mateh Dipping Machines; and l do hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact deseription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference bein had to thc accompanying drawin which forni part of this specification. t

Illy invention relates to animprovement in machines for dipping matches; and it conneedlos projecting from its end to-V stiek into movable perforated cap to clear out the loose unstuek mat-ches and to hold the stuck matches steady and equidistant while bein g dipped, and

asecond pertbra-ted movable cap, which tits snugly over the end ot' thehloek and the ncedles, for the purpose of puixhing the matches oflai'ter they have been dipped, all-of which will be more i'ullv described hereinafter.

'lhe aecoinpaliving Ddrawin represent my invention.

Figure' l is a perspective of amachine einbodving my inventitm. Fig. il is a verticalsection of a block to which the needles are se-v cured for picking up and holding;l the matches while heilig dipped, and Fig. i is an inverted view ofthe same.

a represents a suitable. block ot' any desired material, size, or shape, and which is provided at its upper and smaller end with thescrewshank b for securing it to a horizontal wheel. -Projecting from the Alower end of this block are a suitable number of needles, c, which are arranged in any desired relation to each other, for the purpose ol' sticking into the ends ot' the sticks or splints and holding them while being dipped. These needles are secured in place by a metal cap, which is perforated, so as to allow the needles to pass through, and which iits snugl)Y over the lower end of the block or by an\ other suitable means.

Secured around thc block are two guides, 17, through which pass the guide-rods e andj'. The upper ends ofthe rods care fastened to a ring, y, while their lower ends are fastened to 2i, ists.

a ilat perforated movable disk, l1, through which is made a hole for each needle. As the rods e slide back and forth through the guides the disk can be moved up in close contact with the lower end of the block, so that all of the needles will project through it, or it can be moved as far from the end as the rods will permit. Just before the needles are pressed down upon the ends of the sticks this disk is drawn np'against the end ofthe block7 and after the needles 4have been forced into the sticks the disk forced out-ward, so as to displace all the unst-uck sticks and to hold those that have been stuck steady while bein g dipped. Astherods e are of such a length as to eorrespend to the length of matches, the disk will come just above the lower ends of the sticks and hold them eqnidistant apart, and thus prevcntthcendstiom stickingtogetheratterhav ,v

ing been dipped. A

' 'lo the lower ends of the rods j' is fastened the cap l, which tits over the lower end of the block, and which has the length of its movement controlled b v the slots 1'.

anism connected toits sh'at't to dip the ends of the sticks, and then the wheel is again raised, turned far enough around to carry the dipped sticks over the phosphorus, when the wheel is again lowered, so as to dip their ends in it. Thewheel is then raised, turned around until the now perfect matches reach a funnel, when the perforated cap lis moved so as to push the matches oft' the needles, when the matches fall into the funnel. All ot' the movements in connection with the wheel may be' performed by lia-nd or by any suitable mech aisni connected therewith that will keep up This cap also has'a. hole made through it for each needle; I

a constant automatic action, both so far as the action of the dipping is concerned and the pickin g' np and discharging of the matches.

IIa-ving thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a mechanism for dipping matches, a block provided with needles for picking upv and holding the sticks, substantially as shown. 2. The combination of a block provided with needles for picking up and holding the sticks with the perforated disk 71, substanv tially as described.

3. The combination oi' the block provided with needles, a disk to hold the sticks sepa-- rate while being dipped, and a disk or plate to push the matches from the needles, substantially as set forth.

A. R. SPROU'l.

Witnesses:

A. J. DIETRICK, W. I. LIPPTNCOTT. v 

